However, there was no trace of anger on the principal's face, and he said with a smile: "Well, as the head of a country, I am impatient to compete with a young boy for any profit. Anyway, the money earned by this boy will be used in the end.
When it comes to resisting Japan, let’s just do this.”
The principal's wife smelled a hint of meaning from her husband's eyes, and she understood instantly.
From the perspective of profit distribution, it seems that the principal suffered a loss, but it also brought Zhou Wen and the principal closer.
In the past, Zhou Wen always acted independently in everything he did. Everything he did was created by himself. He had nothing to do with the Military Commission, so naturally he was not under control.
Now that he wants to do business under the banner of the Military Commission, he naturally has some linkage with the Military Commission. They are no longer as distant as before. For the principal, this is an opportunity to slowly exert influence and win over.
No wonder the principal just laughed and cursed a few words and didn't take it seriously.
Naturally, the principal's wife would not disgrace her husband and directly tell him what he was thinking, so she changed the subject and asked, "My second sister and the others are afraid, aren't they?"
The principal laughed when he heard the sound and said: "It's good to scare them, so as not to make them too arrogant. To say that this Xiao Zhou has restrained himself a lot, otherwise based on his previous methods, I'm afraid it wouldn't be as simple as killing a housekeeper." Yan Yan
I mean, it's a good thing there was someone who restrained this little bandit, otherwise even Mr. Kong Da would have been in danger.
The principal's wife glanced at the principal with an angry look, thinking that after all you are the head of a country and the commander-in-chief of an army of millions, how could you talk like this, as if this Zhou Wen openly killed people in the capital and killed them right.
But she also saw from this that her husband was probably a little wary of Zhou Wen and did not want to push him too hard.
Without going into details at the moment, he asked: "Have my second sister and others agreed to compensate?"
"Agreed, the bank draft has been handed over to Qian Muyin to hand over to Zhou Wen, so it is not convenient for us to come forward."
The principal's wife sighed softly and said: "Oh! It would be nice if this matter can be settled like this, so as to save them from coming to our place to make trouble all day long."
The principal also felt the same and said: "Yes! The negotiations with the Japanese are coming to an end now. I have so many national affairs to deal with here all day long, how can I have so much time to care about their trivial matters? What's more, even I don't
In order to settle this matter as soon as possible, we had to give that little bandit a lot of convenient conditions. It doesn’t matter if they pay a little money.”
The principal's wife looked at the principal's thin face with gentle eyes and said with concern: "Darling, no matter how difficult the national affairs are, you still have to take care of your health. This country cannot do without you!"
The principal's heart warmed, and he couldn't help but reach out and hold his wife's hand, and said softly: "I know, when the Sino-Japanese peace talks are over, we will go to Lushan to live for a while and take good care of ourselves."
Even though he said this, the principal still felt a weight weighing on his heart, because the price paid by China in this Sino-Japanese peace talks was too great, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a loss of power and humiliation of the country.
At that time, once the peace agreement is made public, the whole country will inevitably be in an uproar. Condemnation and fierce public opinion will come from all strata of society and various political forces. He, the head of a country, will bear the brunt.
However, now is really not the time to completely fall out with the Japanese!
Of course it is easy for ordinary people and literati students to talk about anti-Japanese war in vain, but the Japanese cannot be defeated by shouting a few slogans with some enthusiasm.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the strategic concepts and ideas proposed by Zhou Wen, as well as his prediction of the time when China and Japan would start war. Some of them seemed quite reasonable. At that time, he might as well let the senior staff members discuss it together.
Some previously planned war preparations, especially the construction of defense lines and the training of German weapon divisions, may have to be prepared in advance and accelerated.
At this time, the principal saw Adjutant Wang coming in and reported: "Principal, there is a call from Tianjin and they want to report to you on the progress of the peace talks with Japan."
"Come here, the Sino-Japanese peace talks should have reached an agreement. Now we are just waiting for the chairman of the Military Commission to authorize his signature." The principal thought.
At this time, his face couldn't help but look a little gloomy, he slowly stood up and walked towards the door.
He knows that maybe from today on, he, Jiang, will be infamed by history, but he has no choice.
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On May 31, 1933, the Nationalist Government and the Japanese army signed the Tanggu Agreement in Tanggu, Tianjin, de facto recognizing Japan's occupation of the three northeastern provinces and Rehe, and placing 22 counties in eastern Hebei within the sphere of Japanese and puppet influence.
Since then, the Great Wall War of Resistance has ended.
However, the door to North China was also opened since then, and the Japanese army could arrive at Pingjin City at any time, laying the foundation for the subsequent "July 7 Marco Polo Bridge Incident".
The Great Wall Anti-Japanese War lasted on and off for more than five months, with a total of more than 30,000 casualties on the Chinese side and nearly 20,000 casualties on the Japanese side. Judging from the record alone, it has exceeded the Songhu Anti-Japanese War in 1932.
But the final result was even more painful than the Songhu Anti-Japanese War. Northern China lost the barrier of the Great Wall and Yanshan Mountain, and was strategically passive.
Zhou Wen did not leave Nanjing immediately. Instead, after receiving the compensation from the Confucius family from Chief Qian, he led the Second Regiment of the Party Education Corps to cross the Yangtze River and arrived at Pukou, which is across the river from Nanjing.
A new round of training for the Second Regiment.
At this time, after the Second Regiment returned to Zhou Wen's command, the morale and military morale were greatly improved. Zhou Wen also decided to strike while the iron was hot, and while he still had time, he would first lead the Second Regiment's training work to be on track, and then consider the next step.
Bandit suppression mission.
At the same time, General Qian, Director of the Central Aviation Commission of the National Government, and General Zhang, Chief of Education of the Central Army Military Academy, jointly visited the Liu family residence on Yihe Road in Nanjing to propose marriage to their good brother Zhou Wen.
The two generals of the Republic of China came to propose marriage together, which can be said to have given the Liu family enough face. Even the head of the Liu family, Liu Qizhen, who had mobility issues, personally brought two brothers, Liu Qixing and Liu Qiyi, to the door to greet them.
The two parties had a great conversation. After asking someone to test the birth dates of Zhou Wen and Liu Ruolan, they both thought they were a match made in heaven, so the Liu family naturally agreed to the marriage.
In other words, from now on, Liu Ruolan is Zhou Wen's legitimate fiancée. As for when to get married, it is a matter for Zhou and Liu's family to discuss, and it has nothing to do with outsiders.
Zhou Wen also hurriedly sent a telegram to his hometown in Shanxi, asking his father Zhou Jinghai to rush to Nanjing in the near future and bring the betrothal gift to discuss the details of the marriage with the Liu family.
This year, Zhou Wen was 20 years old and Liu Ruolan was 22 years old.